An "out of control" man abused shoppers in a "frightening" incident. Karl Matthews, 29, had been on alcohol or drugs or both.
He shouted at a shop assistant and customers and hurled a plastic bottle at a member of the public in Greenfield. He admitted common assault and using threatening words or behaviour in the incident on December 19 last year.
A judge at Mold Crown Court said his victims did not deserve their treatment. But he gave him a four-month jail term suspended for 18 months. Prosecutor Karl Scholz said Helen Harmer worked at New Shop Parade in Greenfield.
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He said she saw the defendant walking towards her shop and "completely out of it" on drink or drugs. He shouted at a customer who was left "shaking and in shock". North Wales Live has launched a WhatsApp community group where you can get the latest stories delivered straight to your phone
The defendant threatened to "f****** get him" but Ms Harmer helped the man to his car and he drove off. The defendant then tried to disrupt traffic by throwing rubbish and bottles onto the road, said Mr Scholz.
Ms Harmer saw Matthews throw a plastic bottle at a Paula Ward. Matthews then came back into the shop telling staff not to call police. He also screamed at Ms Ward saying "Get your fella, I'm going to smash his face in."
Then he screamed at an elderly man as he got into his car. Police were called and Matthews, of Queens Road, Greenfield, was arrested later at his home.
Nicholas Williams, defending, said his client wishes to apologise for his "rude and abusive" behaviour to the people at the shopping centre in Greenfield that day.
He had lost his best friend last August. He is embarrassed to be going on drinking binges at his age and wants to reform.
But the judge His Honour Niclas Parry said it had been a "frightening" incident. He told Matthews: "These decent people - the victim in the shop, ordinary members of the community - don't deserve to be treated like they were treated and abused.
"It would have been frightening and they were left to care for each other and that happened because you were out of control of your senses whether on drink or drugs or both."
He gave him a suspended sentence for using threatening words or behaviour but no separate penalty for common assault. He was also given a six-month drug rehabilitation order and must do up to 30 sessions of rehabilitation activity.
He must also wear an alcohol abstinence monitoring tag for 90 days.
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